From: ts Date: 2004-09-08T23:47:48+09:00 Subject: Re: Marshal and allocating objects >>>>> "P" == Paul Brannan writes: P> In order to demonstrate why I do not think const_missing should be P> defined for class Object, I intentionally misspelled "SOME_CONSTATN". P> Before const_missing was defined I would get an exception here, P> whereas after Stephen's version of const_missing is in place, I will P> instead get a new class. Even with well-written unit tests, finding P> this misspelling can be a challenge. and ??? This does not his problem where `M.allocate' work but not 'Marshal.load()' Guy Decoux